Remedy for coughs



and one pound of white sugar.

MARY E. HESS, OF FORISTELIJ, MISSOURI.

REMEDY FOR COUGHS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,470, dated January2'7, 189 1..

Application filed May 29, 1890. Serial No. 853,632. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. HESS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residin at Foristell, in the county of St. Charles and State ofMissou ri, havei nvented certain newand useful Improvements in aCough-Cure; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention-has relation to fluid medicine compounds or mixtures forthe alleviation and cure of affections of the chest and lungs; and itconsists in a decoction formed of several herbs and combined with sugar,as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

To prepare this compound or cough-sirup, Itake one-half pound ofmullein-leaves, (Verbascmn.) one pound of pennyroyal, (Hedeoma 2opnlegioz'des,) one quarter of a pound of sage,

(Salem) four ounces of savory, (Samreiag These ingredients, with theexception of the sugar, are placed in a porcelain kettle with sufficientwater to cover them and are boiled for two or three hours, and thedecoction formed therefrom is then taken out and strained and the sugarput in, after which it is boiled down to a proper consistency, when thebulk will have been reduced to one-quarter. 'lhe herbs en tering intothe above compound are used when green; but, it necessary, they can beWeighed While green and dried before the decoction is made therefroih.

Dose: For an adult I recommend in case of severe coughs and colds atablespoonful every hour.

I claim- A medical compound or cough-sirup made up of a decoction ofmullein-leaves, pennyroyal, sage, and savory, with water and sugar, inabout the proportions set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY HESS.

Witnesses: 1

A. G. PRINGLE,

Mrs. G. P. STRONG.

